Burial-vault



ilNiTEED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

LEoNAnnnYnYNsKI, on BUENA VISTA, OHIO.

BURlAL-VAU LT.

filPECIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 325,826, dated September 8, 1885.

Application filed June 16, 1885. (ModeL) To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEONARD DYDYNSKI,

- of Buena Vista, in the county of Scioto and Without first breaking the slabs composing the vault.

The invention consists of the construction, arrangement, and combination of parts, all as hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying:

drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a plan view of my new and improved grave-vault with the cover or lid secured thereon. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of the same on the line a: w of Fig. 1; and Figs. 3 and 4 are transverse s"ctional elevations taken, respectively, on the lines 3 y and z z of Fig.

The vault is composed of the bottom slab, a, side pieces, 15 I), end pieces, a c, and lid or cover d, all preferably of stone. When these parts are put together in the grave to form the vault, they are held by the bands or U- shaped pieces 0 e, of iron, and the locking cross-pieces f f, also of iron. The side pieces,

b b, are kept from slipping or tipping inward by suitable stops, 9 formed by rabbeting the bottom slab, a, and lid d. The end .pieces, 0 c, are held in place by corresponding grooves,

it, made in the bottom, top, and side pieces of the vault, as will be understood from Fig. 2. The U'irons e are held in place by being fitted into grooves i, made in the lower surface of the bottomslab, a; and the lockingirons f are held in place by being fitted into grooves j, made in the upper surface of the lid or coverd. The extremities of the U-irons e are provided with spring-catches, the heads is k of which are adapted to engage with notches k 70, formed in the downwardly-bent ends f f of the locking cross-pieces f, for locking the said cross-pieces securely to the irons e. The said spring-catches are composed of the said heads is and the spring plates or arms k which are riveted to the inner surface of the irons e, as shown clearly in Fig. 4. The heads 70 of the spring-catches reach through openings Z Z, made in the irons e, and they are inclined or curved downward at their upper surfaces or edges, so that by simply pressing down upon the irons f the extremities will pass the heads of the spring-catches and cause the heads to enter the recesses 70, and thus effect the locking of the bars f.

In order that the spring-catches may be forced backward to permit the extremities of the cross-pieces f to thus pass the heads is, I recess the side pieces, b b, of the vault, as shown at m m, Fig. 2, thus forming a space or clearance for the action "of spring-catches. At the upper ends of the irons e are formed the'projcctions or dowels n n, which enter corresponding small recesses, n a,n1ade in the cross-pieces f f, which serve to prevent all lateral movement of the crosspieces f and irons e.

Constructed as described, the vault may be shipped in a knockdown state and set up in the grave. When the coffin or casket'is placed in the vault, the cover or lid d will be put in place and the cross-pieces f placed over the lid and pressed down to engage with the heads 70 of the spring-catches,where they will be held with perfect security, so that the cover or lid cannot be removed.

If desired, the seams of the vault may be IOO f, formed with recesses 70, to receive the lockcatches secured to the inner surfaces of said ing-heads of the spring-catches, substantially ends, and having heads K projecting through as described. the openings Z, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, with the bar or cross- LEONARD DYDYNSKI. 5 piece f, formed with downward-bent ends f, \Vitnesses:

having recesses 70 formed therein, 0f the U- WM. SULLIVAN,

iron 6, having openingsl in its ends, and spring- JOHN WV. Dnvoss. 

